Back-band



FFICEe HENRY C. JOHNSON, OF EL DOBADO, ARKANSAS.

BAC K BAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,365, dated May 8,1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, HENRY O. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at El Dorado, in the county of Union and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back-Bands; and Ido de; clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to back-bands; and it consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a face view of my backbandhook. Fig. 2 is a face iew of the same with the webbing in position.Fig. 3 is a sectional edge View of Fig. 2 cut on the line y y.

In the construction of my hook and web bing I use any material thataffords strength enough to bear the strain that is usually put onback-bands of this class.

My invention is described as follows: The hook, constructed to hold theback-band, consists of two longitudinal bars-an upper bar, 1, and alower bar, 2, joining with end bars, 3, forming a rectangular oblong.From the center of each end bar extends inwardly a tongue, 4, aboutone-eighth the length of the said bars. The said end bars, 3, have arms5,

extending downwardly, which come together below the said rectangularoblong and unite, forming a point, which is turned up into a hook, 6.The end of said hook turns inwardly until its end is nearly flush withthe inner faces of said arms. The webbing 7 is made wide and thickenough to snugly fit in between the spaces 8 and 9 and end bars, 3, insaid hook, and is put intosaid book as follows: It passes under upperbar, 1;theuce out through spaces 8, over the tongues 4,, spaces 9, andlower bar, 2; thence upwardly against the inner face of bar 2; thenceoutwardly through spaces 9, over the tongues 4.; thence inwardly throughspaces 8; then its lower end hangs down against the inner face of saidback-band hook below the arms 5 and hook 6, to protect the sides of theanimal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isr 1. A backband hook having the 1ongitudinalbars 1 and 2, end bars, 3, tongues 4, having spaces 8 and 9, arms 5,extending downwardly, uniting in a point, said point turning up into ahook, 6, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the back -band hook, as'described, of thewebbing 7, said webbing passing under bar 1; thence outwardly throughspaces 8, over tongues 4, spaces 9, and lower bar, 2; thence upwardlyagainsttheinner face of said bar 2; thence outwardly through spaces 9andover the tongues 4.; thence inwardly through spaces 8; then its lowerend hangs downwardly against the inner face ofsaid back-band hook belowthe arms 5 and hook 6, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

HENRY O. JOHNSON.

W'itnesses:

B. F. MILns, J ESSE B. Moons.

